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Air-coupled Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers based on Annular Cell Geometry
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Air-coupled ultrasound is gaining increasing industry momentum due to the demands and development of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of aerospace composite materials. Currently, the micromachining technology has advanced ... -
An Analysis Framework for the Quantization-Aware Design of Efficient, Low-Power Convolutional Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Deep convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithms have emerged as a powerful tool for many computer vision tasks such as image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation. However, these algorithms are ... -
Analysis of a brownfield management conflict in Canada
(Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2017)A strategic analysis of an ongoing brownfield management conflict in Elmira, Ontario, Canada is conducted using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution. This investigation of the situation as it existed in late 2016 ... -
Analyzing the Cauvery River Dispute Using a Systems of Systems Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-12)The Cauvery River conflict in southern India is a water-sharing dispute that has persisted for over a century. Over the last thirty years, the conflict has been exacerbated due to climate change, and population explosion. ... -
Analyzing the Usage Patterns of Electric Bikes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-15)Electric bicycles (e-bikes) are growing as an energy efficient alternative to public transportation, and cars. However, their adoption in North America has not increased at the same rate as in other countries like Germany, ... -
Anomaly Detection in Textured Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Detecting anomalies in textured surfaces is an important and interesting problem that has practical applications in industrial defect detection and infrastructure asset management with a lot of potential financial benefits. ... -
Antibacterial Porous Polymeric Monolith Columns with Amphiphilic and Polycationic Character on Cross-linked PMMA Substrates for Cell Lysis Applications
(The Royal Society of Chemistry: RSC Advances, 2013-10-09)The application of porous polymeric monolith (PPM) columns as an effective tool for bacterial cell lysi within microfluidic chips is demonstrated. By taking advantage of the large surface area and controllable pore size ... -
Antibacterial Porous Polymeric Monolith for On-Chip Cell Lysis
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-15)The application of porous polymeric monolith (PPM) column as an e effective tool for bacterial cell lysis is demonstrated in this thesis. By exploiting the expansive surface area and controllable pore size inalienable to ... -
Application of Data mining in Medical Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Abstract Data mining is a relatively new field of research whose major objective is to acquire knowledge from large amounts of data. In medical and health care areas, due to regulations and due to the availability ... -
The Application of FROID in MR Image Reconstruction
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), sampling methods that lead to incomplete data coverage of k-space are used to accelerate imaging and reduce overall scan time. Non-Cartesian sampling trajectories such as radial, spiral, ... -
Application of Nanomaterials for X-ray Shielding and Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-21)Lead is commonly used in medical radiology departments as a shielding material against X-rays. Lead-based protective materials are also routinely used by clinical personnel and patients during radiological examinations or ... -
Application of Textual Feature Extraction to Corporate Bankruptcy Risk Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-21)The inception of the Internet in the late twentieth century has established the ability to generate a huge volume of data from multitudinous sources in a very short period of time. However, most of this data is presented ... -
Applications of Crossmodal Relationships in Interfaces for Complex Systems: A Study of Temporal Synchrony
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-13)Current multimodal interfaces for complex systems, such as those designed using the Ecological Interface Design (EID) methodology, have largely focused on effective design of interfaces that treat each sensory modality as ... -
Applications of Neural Networks in Classifying Trained and Novel Gestures Using Surface Electromyography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-09)Current prosthetic control systems explored in the literature that use pattern recognition can perform a limited number of pre-assigned functions, as they must be trained using muscle signals for every movement the user ... -
Applying Persuasive Design Techniques to Influence Data-Entry Behaviors in Primary Care: Repeated Measures Evaluation Using Statistical Process Control
(JMIR, 2018-10-11)Background: Persuasive design is an approach that seeks to change the behaviors of users. In primary care, clinician behaviors and attitudes are important precursors to structured data entry, and there is an impact on ... -
Applying Persuasive Design Techniques to Influence Data-Entry Behaviors in Primary Care: Repeated Measures Evaluation Using Statistical Process Control
(JMIR, 2018-10-11)Background: Persuasive design is an approach that seeks to change the behaviors of users. In primary care, clinician behaviors and attitudes are important precursors to structured data entry, and there is an impact on ... -
An artificial intelligence framework for vehicle crashworthiness design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-24)Numerical crash test simulations are crucial for vehicle safety design. In the automotive industry, frameworks based on finite element methods are most common as they are precise and reliable. A few of the setbacks are ... -
Asynchronous Optical Flow and Egomotion Estimation from Address Events Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Motion estimation is considered essential for many applications such as robotics, automation, and augmented reality to name a few. All cheap and low cost sensors which are commonly used for motion estimation have many ... -
Atmosphere & Challenge: An Exploration of Dissonant Player Experiences
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Dissonance means an unusual combination of any two things. Two dissonant experiences in video games which could lead to undesirable player states are thematic dissonance and difficulty dissonance. Thematic dissonance ... -
The Attentional Routing Circuit: A Neural Model of Attentional Modulation and Control of Functional Connectivity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)Several decades of physiology, imaging and psychophysics research on attention has generated an enormous amount of data describing myriad forms of attentional effects. A similar breadth of theoretical models have been ...